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Overview
Marten Risius is Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems at the University of Queensland (UQ) in Brisbane, Australia. He graduated in psychology summa cum laude from the University of Osnabrueck, Germany and was the first psychologist to graduate from the House of Finance at the Goethe University Frankfurt, where he received his PhD in Information Systems summa cum laude. Afterwards, he worked as postdoctorate at the University of Mannheim, Germany, where he managed the research alliance "ForDigital" between the University of Mannheim and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Subsequently, he worked as an assistant professor (tenure-track) at Clemson University, SC, USA prior to joining UQ. Marten is also a research fellow at the Weizenbaum Institute in Berlin, Germany.
His research interests are in the areas of social media and blockchain technologies. He applies business analytics to solve managerial and societal issues (e.g., centralization, echo-chambers, fake news). His articles have been published in several journals (e.g., SMJ, JSIS, JIT, I&M, MISQE, BISE, CAIS) and peer-reviewed conference proceedings (ICIS, ECIS, AMCIS, PACIS).
His dissertation thesis was recognized as the best publication in the entire field of Business Administration from a young researcher in Germany, Austria and Switzerland by the VHB (German Academic Association for Business Research), received the TARGION award for the best practice-oriented research on strategic information management, was honored as the best dissertation from the Frankfurt Chamber of Commcerce, and was a finalist for the Schmalenbach-Award.
He serves as Associate Editor at ICIS, ECIS and WI, as Session Chair at PACIS, and as reviewer for various international journals (e.g., ISR, JAIS, JSIS, ISJ, DSJ, BISE, ISeB, Electronic Markets, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice) and conferences (e.g., ICIS, ECIS, HICSS, AMCIS, PACIS, WI, MKWI). In his free time he serves as member of the young jury for the DVPT Start-Up Future Awards.
Research Interests
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Social Media - Managerial and Societal Issues
Identify and evaluate individual and organizational social media management strategies, advance social media analytics, and address topics such as echo chambers and fake news. -
Blockchain - Managerial and Societal Issues
Identify blockchain use-cases, ICO types, and blockchain affordances as well as the role of cryptocurrencies and centralization tendencies in blockchain technologies.
Research Impacts
His work has been covered by public media sites such as The Boston Globe and is frequently featured on his blockchain channel at China Finance Online.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy
Publications
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Other Outputs: Terrorist content lurks all over the internet – regulating only 6 major platforms won’t be nearly enough
Risius, Marten and Karanasios, Stan (2024, 03 20). Terrorist content lurks all over the internet – regulating only 6 major platforms won’t be nearly enough The Conversation
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Other Outputs: Algorithms are pushing AI-generated falsehoods at an alarming rate. How do we stop this?
Karanasios, Stan and Risius, Marten (2024, 02 29). Algorithms are pushing AI-generated falsehoods at an alarming rate. How do we stop this? The Conversation
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Journal Article: Redefining the Customer Service Relationship Through Blockchain
French, Aaron M. and Risius, Marten (2024). Redefining the Customer Service Relationship Through Blockchain. International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 1-21. doi: 10.1080/10864415.2023.2295071
Grants
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Empowering Users to Protect their Personal Privacy on Social Media
(2022–2025) ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
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(2022–2023) Monash University
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(2020) Australian Government Department of Home Affairs
Supervision
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(2024) Doctor Philosophy
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Empowering Users to Protect their Personal Privacy on Social Media
Doctor Philosophy
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Text Analysis of Immigration Tweets in Australia Using Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing
Master Philosophy
Publications
Book Chapter
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The Affordances of Blockchain Platforms: Why Service Providers Use Blockchains
Spohrer, Kai and Risius, Marten (2022). The Affordances of Blockchain Platforms: Why Service Providers Use Blockchains. Digitalization Across Organizational Levels: New Frontiers for Information Systems Research. (pp. 181-208) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-06543-9_8
Journal Article
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Redefining the Customer Service Relationship Through Blockchain
French, Aaron M. and Risius, Marten (2024). Redefining the Customer Service Relationship Through Blockchain. International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 1-21. doi: 10.1080/10864415.2023.2295071
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Risius, Marten, Blasiak, Kevin M., Wibisono, Susilo and Louis, Winnifred R. (2023). The digital augmentation of extremism: reviewing and guiding online extremism research from a sociotechnical perspective. Information Systems Journal. doi: 10.1111/isj.12454
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On the performance of blockchain-based token offerings
Risius, Marten, Breidbach, Christoph F., Chanson, Mathieu, von Krannichfeldt, Ruben and Wortmann, Felix (2023). On the performance of blockchain-based token offerings. Electronic Markets, 33 (1) 32, 1-19. doi: 10.1007/s12525-023-00652-5
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Spiekermann, Sarah, Krasnova, Hanna, Hinz, Oliver, Baumann, Annika, Benlian, Alexander, Gimpel, Henner, Heimbach, Irina, Köster, Antonia, Maedche, Alexander, Niehaves, Björn, Risius, Marten and Trenz, Manuel (2022). Values and ethics in information systems: a state-of-the-art analysis and avenues for future research. Business and Information Systems Engineering, 64 (2), 247-264. doi: 10.1007/s12599-021-00734-8
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The 4th industrial revolution powered by the integration of ai, blockchain, and 5g
French, Aaron M., Shim, J. P., Larsen, Kai R., Risius, Marten and Jain, Hemant (2021). The 4th industrial revolution powered by the integration of ai, blockchain, and 5g. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 49 6, 266-286. doi: 10.17705/1CAIS.04910
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The interaction of virtual reality, blockchain, and 5G new radio: disrupting business and society
French, Aaron, Risius, Marten and Shim, J.P. (2020). The interaction of virtual reality, blockchain, and 5G new radio: disrupting business and society. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 46 25, 603-618. doi: 10.17705/1CAIS.04625
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Heavey, Ciaran, Simsek, Zeki, Kyprianou, Christina and Risius, Marten (2020). How do strategic leaders engage with social media?: a theoretical framework for research and practice. Strategic Management Journal, 41 (8) smj.3156, 1490-1527. doi: 10.1002/smj.3156
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A ten-step decision path to determine when to use blockchain technologies
Pedersen, Asger B., Risius, Marten and Beck, Roman (2019). A ten-step decision path to determine when to use blockchain technologies. MIS Quarterly Executive, 18 (2), 99-115. doi: 10.17705/2msqe.00010
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Effects of transparency: analyzing social biases on trader performance in social trading
Glaser, Florian and Risius, Marten (2018). Effects of transparency: analyzing social biases on trader performance in social trading. Journal of Information Technology, 33 (1), 19-30. doi: 10.1057/s41265-016-0028-0
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A blockchain-based approach towards overcoming financial fraud in public sector services
Hyvarinen, Hissu, Risius, Marten and Friis, Gustav (2017). A blockchain-based approach towards overcoming financial fraud in public sector services. Business and Information Systems Engineering, 59 (6), 441-456. doi: 10.1007/s12599-017-0502-4
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Risius, Marten and Spohrer, Kai (2017). A Blockchain Research Framework What We (don't) Know, Where We Go from Here, and How We Will Get There. Business and Information Systems Engineering, 59 (6), 385-409. doi: 10.1007/s12599-017-0506-0
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Benthaus, Janek, Risius, Marten and Beck, Roman (2016). Social media management strategies for organizational impression management and their effect on public perception. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 25 (2), 127-139. doi: 10.1016/j.jsis.2015.12.001
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Mit Social-Media-Stimmungen Börsenkursbewegungen vorhersagen
Risius, Marten, Akolk, Fabian and Beck, Roman (2016). Mit Social-Media-Stimmungen Börsenkursbewegungen vorhersagen. Wirtschaftsinformatik & Management, 8 (3), 74-84. doi: 10.1007/s35764-016-0045-3
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Effectiveness of corporate social media activities in increasing relational outcomes
Risius, Marten and Beck, Roman (2015). Effectiveness of corporate social media activities in increasing relational outcomes. Information & Management, 52 (7), 824-839. doi: 10.1016/j.im.2015.06.004
Conference Publication
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EVM-Vale: formal verification of EVM bytecode using vale
Cumming, Daniel, Utting, Mark, Cassez, Franck, Dong, Naipeng, Bayat Tork, Sadra and Risius, Marten (2024). EVM-Vale: formal verification of EVM bytecode using vale. 7th International Symposium, SDLT 2023, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 30 November - 1 December 2023. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-0006-6_3
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Cheung, Christy M.K., Risius, Marten, Lee, Matthew K.O. and Wagner, Christian (2023). Introduction to adversarial coordination in collaboration and social media systems minitrack of the collaboration systems and technologies track. 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2023), Maui, HI, United States, 3-5 January 2023. Honolulu, HI, United States: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
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Fang, Yuan, Risius, Marten and Cheung, Christy M.K. (2023). Understanding the current state of knowledge and future directions of doxing research: a social cognitive theory perspective. 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2023), Maui, HI, United States, 3-5 January 2023. Honolulu, HI, United States: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
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Verification of EVM Bytecode with Vale
Cumming, Daniel Keith, Utting, Mark, Dong, Naipeng, Cassez, Frank, Tork, S. B. and Risius, Marten (2022). Verification of EVM Bytecode with Vale. 6th Symposium on Distributed Ledger Technology 2022 (SDLT 2022), Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 22 November 2022.
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Introduction to the minitrack on adversarial coordination in collaboration and social media systems
Cheung, Christy, Lee, Matthew, Wagner, Christian and Risius, Marten (2022). Introduction to the minitrack on adversarial coordination in collaboration and social media systems. 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2022), Maui, HI United States, 3-5 January 2023. Honolulu, HI United States: University of Hawaiʻi. doi: 10.24251/HICSS.2022.013
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How fact-checking affects news engagement on social media platforms: a multi-method study
Guohou, Guohou, Wattal, Sunil, Risius, Marten and Thatcher, Jason (2021). How fact-checking affects news engagement on social media platforms: a multi-method study. Workshop on Information Systems Economics (WISE 2021), Austin, TX United States, 16-17 December 2021.
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Conceptualising social bots for countering online extremist messages
Blasiak, Kevin M., Risius, Marten and Matook, Sabine (2021). Conceptualising social bots for countering online extremist messages. Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), Virtual, 6-10 December 2021. Association for Information Systems.
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“Social Bots for Peace”: A Dual-Process Perspective to Counter Online Extremist Messaging
Blasiak, Kevin M., Risius, Marten and Matook, Sabine (2021). “Social Bots for Peace”: A Dual-Process Perspective to Counter Online Extremist Messaging. International Conference on Information Systems, Online, 12 - 15 December 2021. Atlanta, GA United States: Association for Information Systems.
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Cheung, Christy M.K., Risius, Marten, Lee, Matthew K.O. and Wagner, Christian (2021). Introduction to social media and e-business transformation minitrack of the collaboration systems and technologies track. 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, HI United States, 5-8 January 2021. Washington, DC United States: IEEE Computer Society.
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Blockchain: technical feasibility for assessing organizational fit
French, Aaron Michael, Treiblmaier, Horst and Risius, Marten (2020). Blockchain: technical feasibility for assessing organizational fit. Conference of the Association-for-Information-Systems (AMCIS), Electr Network, 10-14 August 2020. Atlanta, GA, United States: Association for Information Systems.
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The 4th industrial revolution powered by the integration of 5G, AI, and blockchain
Panel, French, Aaron M., Shim, J. P., Risius, Marten, Larsen, Kai and Jain, Hemant (2019). The 4th industrial revolution powered by the integration of 5G, AI, and blockchain. Americas Conference on Information Systems, Cancun, Mexico, 15-17 August 2019. Association for Information Systems.
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The 4th industrial revolution powered by the integration of 5G, AI, and blockchain
French, Aaron M., Shim, J. P., Risius, Marten, Larsen, Kai and Jain, Hemant (2019). The 4th industrial revolution powered by the integration of 5G, AI, and blockchain. 25th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2019, Cancun, Mexico, 15-17 August 2019. Association for Information Systems.
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Towards an Understanding of Conspiracy Echo Chambers on Facebook
Risius, Marten, Aydinguel, Okan and Haug, Maximilian (2019). Towards an Understanding of Conspiracy Echo Chambers on Facebook. 27th European Conference on Information Sytems, Stockholm, Sweden, 12-15 June 2011.
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Facebook user segmentation to enable targeted social advertisement
Risius, Marten and Aydingül, Okan (2018). Facebook user segmentation to enable targeted social advertisement. 39th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2018, San Francisco, CA United States, 13 - 16 December 2018. Atlanta, GA United States: Association for Information Systems.
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Chanson, Mathieu, Risius, Marten, Gjoen, Jonas and Wortmann, Felix (2018). Initial coin offerings (ICOS): The role of social media for organizational legitimacy and underpricing. International Conference on Information Systems 2018, ICIS 2018, San Francisco, CA United States, 13 - 16 December 2018. Atlanta, GA United States: Association for Information Systems.
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Chanson, Mathieu, Risius, Marten and Wortmann, Felix (2018). Initial coin offerings (ICOs): an introduction to the novel funding mechanism based on blockchain technology. 24th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2018: Digital Disruption, AMCIS 2018, New Orleans, LA, United States, 16-18 August 2018. Atlanta, GA, United States: Association for Information Systems.
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Reducing Default and Framing Effects in Privacy Decision-Making
Ghaiumy Anaraky, Reza, Nabizadeh, Tahere, Knijnenburg, Bart and Risius, Marten (2018). Reducing Default and Framing Effects in Privacy Decision-Making. 39th International Conference of Information System, San Francisco, CA United States, 16-19 December 2018.
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Strategic Leadership in the Digital Age: A Multi-Disciplinary Review, Framework, and Research Agenda
Heavey, Ciaran, Kyprianou, Christina, Simsek, Zeki and Risius, Marten (2018). Strategic Leadership in the Digital Age: A Multi-Disciplinary Review, Framework, and Research Agenda. 38th Strategic Management Society Conference (SMS 2018), Paris, France, 22-25 September 2018.
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Virtual reality and blockchain technology in the era of 5g: Disrupting business and society
French, Aaron M., Risius, Marten, Shim, J. P., Bordnick, Patrick S., Parsons, Jeffrey and Holtman, David (2018). Virtual reality and blockchain technology in the era of 5g: Disrupting business and society. 24th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2018: Digital Disruption, AMCIS 2018, New Orleans, LA United States, 16 - 18 August 2018. Atlanta, GA United States: Association for Information Systems.
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Automatic Detection of Fake News on Social Media Platforms
Janze, Christian and Risius, Marten (2017). Automatic Detection of Fake News on Social Media Platforms. 21st Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2017), Langkawi, Malaysia, 16-20 July 2017. Atlanta, GA United States: Association for Information Systems.
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Developing and evaluating a readability measure for microblogging communication
Risius, Marten and Pape, Theresia (2016). Developing and evaluating a readability measure for microblogging communication. 15th Workshop on e-Business, WEB 2015, Fort Worth, TX, United States, 12 December 2015. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-45408-5_25
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Is it worth it? Dismantling the process of social media related sales performance
Risius, Marten, Benthaus, Janek and Akolk, Fabian (2016). Is it worth it? Dismantling the process of social media related sales performance. 24th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2016, Istanbul, Turkey, 12 - 15 June 2016. Atlanta, GA United States: Association for Information Systems.
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Differential emotions and the stock market.The case of company-specific trading
Risius, Marten, Akolk, Fabian and Beck, Roman (2015). Differential emotions and the stock market.The case of company-specific trading. 23rd European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2015, Münster, Germany, 26-29 May 2015. Atlanta, GA United States: Association for Information Systems.
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Differentiated sentiment analysis of corporate social media accounts
Risius, Marten and Akolk, Fabian (2015). Differentiated sentiment analysis of corporate social media accounts. 21st Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2015, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, 13 - 15 August 2015. Atlanta, GA United States: Americas Conference on Information Systems.
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Bridging the gap - Organizational mindfulness and mindful organizing in mobile work environments
Dernbecher, Sabine, Risius, Marten and Beck, Roman (2014). Bridging the gap - Organizational mindfulness and mindful organizing in mobile work environments. 22nd European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2014, Tel Aviv, Israel, 9 - 11 June 2014. Atlanta, GA United States: Association for Information Systems.
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Risius, Marten (2014). Is it really about facts? The positive side of 'Meforming' for turning self-disclosure into social capital in enterprise social media. 22nd European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2014, Tel Aviv, Israel, 9 - 11 June 2014. Atlanta, GA United States: Association for Information Systems.
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Risius, Marten and Beck, Roman (2014). You Reap What You Sow? How Knowledge Exchange Effectiveness is Affected by Different Types of Communication in Enterprise Social Media. 47th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Waikoloa, HI United States, 6-9 January 2014. Piscataway, NJ United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/hicss.2014.74
Other Outputs
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Risius, Marten and Karanasios, Stan (2024, 03 20). Terrorist content lurks all over the internet – regulating only 6 major platforms won’t be nearly enough The Conversation
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Algorithms are pushing AI-generated falsehoods at an alarming rate. How do we stop this?
Karanasios, Stan and Risius, Marten (2024, 02 29). Algorithms are pushing AI-generated falsehoods at an alarming rate. How do we stop this? The Conversation
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Digital Service Transformation: Pathways to human and economic wellbeing White Paper
Andreassen, Tor W., Archibald, Gordon, Beekhuyzen, Jenine, Bongiovanni, Ivano, Brea, Edgar, Breidbach, Christoph, Burchill, Keith, Burgers, Henri, Cao, Selina, Coote, Len, Coram, Brendan, Cunningham, Claire, Feast, George, Field, Mitch, Ford, Jerad, Fouche, Leon, Gain, Alexandria, Gooding, Glen, Goyeneche Ramirez, David, Green, Teegan, Gschwind, Daniel, Hall, Thomas, Hartley, Nicole, Heinz, Daniel, Hine, Damian, Indulska, Marta, Kapernick, Brett, Kastelle, Tim, Ko, Ryan ... Zhang, Wenlu (2023). Digital Service Transformation: Pathways to human and economic wellbeing White Paper. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland Business School - Service Innovation Alliance. doi: 10.14264/aed4918
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What is shadowbanning? How do I know if it has happened to me, and what can I do about it?
Risius, Marten and Blasiak, Kevin Marc (2022, 11 03). What is shadowbanning? How do I know if it has happened to me, and what can I do about it? The Conversation
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Risius, Marten and Karanasios, Stan (2021, 10 21). Australia has fined X Australia over child sex abuse material concerns. How severe is the issue – and what happens now? The Conversation
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Risius, Marten, Blasiak, Kevin, Wibisono, Susilo, Jabri-Markwell, Rita and Louis, Winnifred (2021). Dynamic Matrix of Extremisms and Terrorism (DMET): A Continuum Approach Towards Identifying Different Degrees of Extremisms. Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) 2021 Taxonomy Expansion Briefing Paper Series Washington, DC United States: Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT).
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Literature review of terrorist and violent extremist use of the Internet
Louis, Winnifred, Wibisono, Susilo, Blasiak, Kevin M. and Marten Risius (2021). Literature review of terrorist and violent extremist use of the Internet. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Department of Home Affairs.
Grants (Administered at UQ)
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Empowering Users to Protect their Personal Privacy on Social Media
(2022–2025) ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
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(2022–2023) Monash University
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(2020) Australian Government Department of Home Affairs
PhD and MPhil Supervision
Current Supervision
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Empowering Users to Protect their Personal Privacy on Social Media
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Text Analysis of Immigration Tweets in Australia Using Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing
Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Completed Supervision
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(2024) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
